Slicing machine



May l5, 1928.

A. BOISVERT SLIGING MACHINE Filed Feb. 4, i925 `2 sheets-sheet 1 Inventor ve# Attorney A. BOISVERT SLICING MACHINE AMaly 15, 1 928.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l l I 'Invegtor Wil/zeawz/eft Attorney Filed Feb. 4, 1926 Patented May 15, 1928i.

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Application. leli Februariyi 4,. 1926. f Seria1`yNo. 86,043;

The present invention ,pertains to a novel;

slicing machine designed particularly for cutting; bread; and. also suitable, orcutting sinfiilar:substances.y

The principal: object; off.. "inventionl is the provision of a device; of thischaracter which(y cuts the entire. loafl onjbody, ofimatefrial in oneoperation',,as-,distinguished from;

machines lof the present. typefiniwhichzaz com.'- plet'eloperation'issrequired forkeachslicethat isIcUtIIOmLthe loaf; or; body-.5

In;v the'.V accomplishment .ofithis'obj ect; the; apparatus is -l constructed. inthe;4 nature-otr ai tramel onawhichrismounted;alseriesoftspaced and)vk parallel: guides, ngens-.- flhe; cutting frame?. carnying.' ai series;v of cutting'I blade'si is mounted`v tot. sliding.' 'movement'.y with! respect to the supportingtramaE in. suchraimannen i that* thebladesi enter the spacesebetweenthe guide fingersin. thei cutting operation.l The.

materiak to be slicediseplacedlonithe, fingers, and the cutting' tranie'risfk depressed tay pass thruugh the. material. whereby the entire body is'lsliced in'y one operationa Y The invention further includes .ai construe.'- tion: whereby tlie sliced; materialaist raised with the; cuttingy trame. and delineliedinto e areceivingtrough.r APlatesfare; providedafat cutting' blades;

carries anY operating; handle extending to the forfwardl part ofthe supporting: frame.

The shatiiissurroundedlby aispring, having e its ends" connected to thesupportingframe and; the handle, lso thatv upon releasef of-v the latter, it-an'd` the. cuttingf frame are automatically returned: to; their.v normal? position. pedal; suitably connected to the'operating 'shaft is'. also: provided for operating' the `machine at the rear'side of the: supporting frame;

Thefinventi'oni is 'i'ffully disclosed in. the following description and inthe accompanying drawingsfin which: l l e l" .Figure l is a-peifspective` View `oftheK de.- vicef;

Figure 2 a realy-elevation l thereoff;

Elgure. 2

li`;igure, 5y isa longitudinal section ofthe.

cuttingd-,frame on-thel line off Figure l f and. v

vFigure .621s za lng-5 the' return mechanism;

Figure-,3 isfa section o n thel line 3---3joty .Figure 4s a detail section, showing the-a mannerjotk supporting the cutting; iframe; l,

.detail perspective View show-'- Reference to these? Views `will nowv` bei made by use oflike characters whichare.

employed to designate correspondingl parte The device embodies a supportingframe consisting,l primarily of. forward; legsl and higher rear legs 2, both setsl of legs-being. jloinedfbyl frontiails 3, side rails ,4 andii'ear railst andv 6.-"1. yilhe upper ends ofthe front.

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legs lare joinedl to the rearlegs by means ofL additional ihorizontal side rails `v7 equipped at.- both ends with handles 8- whereby the entire' structure may beureadily lifted vbyl twd persons E and: carried trom'. place tofplace, 'llhezinnera sides oitherear legs'2 are pnevidedwithxxed track members Slat-the; upf per. ends `oiiwhich Visplaced a suitable spacing, member-10.v` transversebar 11 is adapted. to. slide` within the .t1'aclis,` fon the purpose ot guidingl the cutting framepre'sently to bedescnibed.`l u y y f The. cutting frame. is asubstantially rectangular member l2; hailing' a-pluz=ality of' cutting blades-.4y 13,. mounted' longitudinally therein. A pain' of lugs ,14 project." back'- wardly fromathersidesfofithe frame nealytfhe upper end thereof;F and; Vreceive af rod 15 which isfallso, passed; through projecting porL tions. ofithe bar ll-. vThe ends .ot the rod, are

provided' with Cotter pins to: prevent. slip.- f

traILS'Vrse, ban` 17; which` lies adjacent the n rear legs 2fas'lllustrated in Figure 3. This member serves as' the supporting means of a` plurality oi. cunved` lingers: 18 which-,are plarallel and spacedi from onefanother. v,The

ngers-may beconstruoted aslseparate. mem-` ber-sor asfjpart of' a longitudinal mem-ben which would be secured to the bar 17; At'

onefend of..thefse1"ies-ofingers is mounted anVertica-l plateflQ'as sbownlin Figure 1(.1

Near the-.base ofthe supporting fna1nea pair 1of@ lbea-ringsfA 20 are Isecured to` theY back of the rear legs 2. These bearings serve to' 'support a shaft 21'to which are fixed a pair of parallel arms 22 and anothery pairjof arms 23 which are parallel to one another butdisf posed at an angle to the arms 22. Links 24:.,

l are pivotally joined to the free ends of the arms 22, the remaining lendsl of these links being bifurcatedas at 25 and pivotally connettedl toA a rod 26 carried by 'the forward end of the cutting frame 5. Similar lin'ls 27 are -pivotally-*connected to -the `free 'ends of the armsV 23 and have their remaining ends also bifurcated as at 28 and looselylat` tached to the rod 15 asshown in greaterde tail in Figure 4; vOne sideot the j-frame 5` ,carriesV a plate 29 whichis opposed to; the plate 19 for the purpose pointed out below.:V

One 'end of the shaft 21 carries a bloclg() from-which 'a handle 31 extends to theztor- Ward part of theI supporting frame.` YBetween the block and the-'adjacent bearing 20,

-a spring 32 is coiled around the-shaft. One

end of the spring is secured to the adjacent leg l2 andthe other end to the block 30 as shown in Figure 6. .1 l f Between the forward legs 1 is mounted va trough consisting of a base 33 and sides 34.

ofthcifront legs 1 and adapted'ior engage.A

' ment with the base of the trough in order to within the strapr (not illustrated);

\ aid in supporting the latter.v Thevfree end ofthe. brace passes through a strap'38' carriedby the base, and the brace is further formed with a series of notches selectively to receive ja'tooth or similar device'mounted l'V lthe operation of the device, the loaf of bread or other material to be sliced is placed" within the curved fingers 18.' *One-endet the loaf is placed against the plate 19, and the loaf is'further supported by'members 40 secured to fingers 18 and tending to hold the loaf againstthe vertical part of the fingers.

, The handle 31 is now lifted, and thereai-, vward'movement vof the arms 22 and 23 draw the cutting frame downwardly Vso that the blades 13y penetrate the material' and pass vthrough the spaces between the lingers 18.

At this stage the material is held at its ends between the plates 19 and 29 whereby-expam sion is prevented. ',In other words, no sepa.-

.ration of the slices' formed by' thecutters is 6o 1 permitted. f j 1 y The handle l31 is now released and the I I spri-ng .32 returns it' to its normal position,

whereby the cutting frame begins to rise In f engaging ther sliced material fromf theibottom, the cutters do not pass through the material owing'to` the `fact thatI no spaces are y 'ormed between the slices. 1n the absence of iialtlie latter raised lby the cutters of the frame during the return of upward stroke of the latter. The trame maintains an inclined position, as illustrated .in Figure 3, whereby the sliced substance falls into the trough as soonfas `one end ofthe body'is released from theipla'te 19.,l f f The trough maylbe inclined desired,

, resistance to upwardmovement of the mate'- a receptacle placed beneath it ltoreceive they contents Adischarged therefrom. L

"The vmachine may be operated'"romxthe. rear .oftheI supporting frame by means of a. pedalv 50 projecting from the'block 30 as shown vinFigures 2 land 6.

While aspeciic embodiment of thel inven-.

`tion has been illustratedy and described, itisv to be understood that .vario-us alterations in the details.y o'lfconstruction f may be made without-departing from the spiritot the in#v vention as indicated by theapp'ended claims.`

#Having thus'irfuny described `1the; uwen; f

tion, what I claim as new and desire to pro,-`

tect by. Letters Patent is:

l 1.1A` device or' the character described:`

comprising a supportingtrame, a plurality f of guidefiingersl mounted on kthem'r'ame,v a cutting i'ramej Vvadapted f for reciprocating movement with relationlto. the guide lingers',

blades carried by the cutting trame adapted to' pass :between the -ingers and remove the sliced'material fromthe .ingersz in return movementand a trough arranged to receive the sliced `material. from the cutting frame.

2.' A ldevice offthe character described comprising a support trame, aplurality of l spaced lingers adapted-pto. support a loafof material, va cutting 'frame adapted tofbey slidably reciprocatedl with relation tol ythe fingers, cuttingbladescarried'by .the cutting framel adapted to pass. between the lingers so `as toinitiallyvcut the loaf andin `return movement remove the sliced y'materialgfroml tlieilingersyancla trough supported onthe support 'frameso vas to receive the sliced material vfrom kthe cutting rame.v

A slicing, device comprising a support U frame, ia pluralityL of separatedl guide fingers mounted. on :thenframe, a cuttingv frame` mounted Lfor reciprocating' movement on the support frame, a lpluralityof/cutting blades carried bysaid cutting frame adapted to,

intermittently pass between the. guide n'gers to cut thematerial disposed thereon inits initial movement and remove thema-r 'terlal from the fingers m its return movement, and a; tiltable troughsecured to the support frame adapted to receive the v.ma-

terial as it is dropped from the cutting frame andconvey the'same to a suitable container. Y' Y 4. A slicingdevice comprisi-ngta support frame, a series'of separated ngers mounted on the support frame adapted to support a loaf of material in horizontal position, ai cutting frame mounted for Vertical reciproeating movement on tbe support frame, a Vl5 plurality of blades secured to the cutting frame adapted to pass between the lingers during the operative movement of the frame, `means for actuating the said cutting frame and blades including av shaft jour 10 naled transversely on the support frame, a

arms fixed to the shaft, a plurality `of links pivotally connected with the arms andvwth the cutting Vframe, and means the said shaft.

In Witness whereof I haue hereunto set my. hand. l

ANTHIME 'BoIsVERm lfor oscillating'- Y' 

